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Vanessa Richmond

How to give your home a September reset - get the house (and kids) ready for back-to-school season

A hallway covered in a floral wallpaper with console table decorated with baskets filled with flowers.

Summer’s over but you’re stuck in slow mode and the first week back at school is going to be a shock to the system. Getting the kids out of the door on time with everything they need for a successful day can feel like a military operation. However, using a September reset to add some simple rules and routines to your household can get it running (almost) like clockwork.

Any reset begins with a thorough tidy and a back-to-school declutter to clear the decks of summer gear and make space to store school essentials.

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